16:23 Fiona: hello andrew, james, and thomas! are you in another group?
 
16:23 Thomas: yes
 
16:23 Andrew: Yes
 
16:23 Freya: well mr needlestones trying to get us lot off, hes not succeeding
 
16:23 Fiona: poor mr needlestones...
 
16:24 Thomas: fiona, how do you feel about china's communism and controlling government
 
16:24 Katie: haha
 
16:24 James: hello, Katie.
 
16:24 Freya: i know
 
16:24 Fiona: you're "tiao pi" (naughty)
 
16:24 Katie: =]
 
16:24 Freya: not really, just having fun =D
 
16:24 Thomas: sleepy zzzzzzzz
 
16:24 Fiona: i don't feel very happy about one-party system. but it will change
 
16:24 Thomas: dragons are cool
 
16:24 Fiona: how is it going to change, i don't know
 
16:24 Freya: whats the one-party system?
 
16:25 Andrew: ?
 
16:25 Fiona: china is too big. not that simple to be changed over night
 
16:25 Thomas: very sleepy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
 
16:25 Freya: tom shut up
 
16:25 Thomas: katamri rules
 
16:25 Thomas: you shut up freya, revenge will be mine
 
16:25 Freya: haa u think...
 
16:25 Katie: anyway fiona
 
16:26 Freya: anyway
 
16:26 James: Shut the hell up thomas
 
16:26 Freya: wooo go james
 
16:26 Thomas: you don't scare me, ha ha ha ha ha, when will you ask adam out?
 
16:26 Katie: is most of your family in china england or elsewherE?
 
16:26 Fiona: the country is ruled by one party, which is the communism party
 
16:26 Fiona: it brings a lot of problems
 
16:26 Freya: oh i see
 
16:26 Freya: like what?
 
16:26 Fiona: like corruption
 
16:26 clara: freya is cooooool
 
16:27 Freya: thanks clara
 
16:27 Fiona: the party members make rules for their own interests
 
16:27 Freya: oh i see
 
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16:27 Freya: thats not fair!!
 
16:27 clara: thats ok
 
16:27 Andrew: We've been hearing about all these incidents like tianmen square, etc. and how China's citizen's are not allowed freedom of expression; is that all caused by this one party system or are there other things?
 
16:27 Freya: good question
 
16:27 clara: boff
 
16:27 Freya: lol
 
16:27 Fiona: the gap between the rich and the poor is much bigger than that in england
 
16:28 Freya: really
 
16:28 Freya: so your either really rich and live in a big house or your really poor and maybe don't have a house
 
16:28 clara: interesting
 
16:28 Fiona: things have been changed dramatically since tian'an men incident (4.6.1989)
 
16:28 Freya: =D
 
16:28: Camilla has just entered this chat
 
16:28 Camilla: hello again
 
16:28 Katie: heyx
 
16:29 Fiona: i don't think uni students nowadays would be interested in this kind of demonstration
 
16:29 Freya: really
 
16:29 Freya: why not?
 
16:29: Chloe has just entered this chat
 
16:29 Fiona: freedom of expressions is much better
 
16:29 Freya: hey chloe
 
16:29 Camilla: hi chloe
 
16:29 Chloe: hi
 
16:29 Freya: freedom of expressions is much better in england or china?
 
16:30 Fiona: people are getting richer. uni students are more likely to work hard and earn more money
 
16:30 clara: hey chloe
 
16:30 Camilla: cool
 
16:30 Fiona: in china. much better than before
 
16:30 Andrew: why did it change? because the world was so outraged?
 
16:30 Freya: oh i see
 
16:30 Camilla:  
 
16:30 Fiona: the government is not really bothered of what you say, but what you do
 
16:31 Katie: ooo
 
16:31 Freya: right
 
16:31 clara: =)
 
16:31 Camilla: biscuits!!!!!!!
 
16:31 Camilla: there are coming
 
16:31 Andrew: ...
 
16:31 Chloe: yum yum yum
 
16:31 Freya: so if you were to say something to your friends about something horrid abot china, you wouldnt get into trouble but if you wrote about something bad about china, they would be annoyed
 
16:31 Fiona: as long as you don't go out for a demonstration, whatever complain, it's...acceptable i think
 
16:31 clara: //
 
16:32 Freya: ah i see
 
16:32 clara:  
 
16:32 Fiona: yes. freya!
 
16:32 Freya: it hasnt always been like that has it
 
16:32 Camilla: bye sir!!
 
16:32 Andrew: ok, thanks; well i have to get back this video now. prob. be back later...
 
16:32 Fiona: no. it wasn't very good years ago.
 
16:32 Freya: needlestone's gone
 
16:32 Freya: bye andrew
 
16:33 Fiona: you annoyed him!
 
16:33 Freya: how bad was it years ago?
 
16:33 Chloe: :]
 
16:33 clara: freya love u ;)
 
16:33 Freya: ha thats normal im afraid
 
16:33 Freya: i love u too clara
 
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16:33 Freya: =D
 
16:33 Camilla: lol
 
16:33 clara: thx
 
16:33 Freya: okayy =D
 
16:33 Fiona: if we go back to culture revolution (1967-1977), you could be killed by saying bad things about the party
 
16:34 Freya: really!
 
16:34 clara: 2 kl freya!
 
16:34 Camilla: wow
 
16:34 Freya: thats shocking!
 
16:34 clara: yup
 
16:34 Freya: didnt any of the other countries try and help the people of china speak out
 
16:34 Fiona: i was born in 1983, when i was little, people were aware of what they couldn't say publicly
 
16:34 Freya: ?
 
16:34 Freya: thats horrible!
 
16:35 James: Indeed
 
16:35 Freya: must have been hard to understand
 
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16:35 Camilla: yer
 
16:35 Freya: when your only little
 
16:35 Kay: hey
 
16:35 Chloe: hi kay
 
16:35 Freya: hye kay
 
16:35 Fiona: i don't know how to "help"...U.S. changed the trading policy with china after tian'an men incident
 
16:35 Freya: hey*
 
16:35 Fiona: it made chinese people suffer more
 
16:36 Chloe: o dear
 
16:36 Freya: well that didnt help the people then did it!!
 
16:36 Camilla: no
 
16:36 Freya: silly people
 
16:36 Freya: 23ecw
 
16:36 Freya: that was clara
 
16:36 Camilla: wat?
 
16:37 Chloe: ?
 
16:37 Camilla: oh
 
16:37 Chloe: ahhhh
 
16:37 Camilla: clara is going 4 the biscuit
 
16:37 Freya: are you glad that you moved to england?
 
16:37 Camilla: ok u r all lookin she is not
 
16:37 Camilla: lol
 
16:38 Kay: calm down everyone..
 
16:38 Fiona: ah...another interesting point i've observed so far is: students here are very different from those in china
 
16:38 Fiona: and parents
 
16:38 Freya: in what way??
 
16:38 Camilla: ?
 
16:38 Kay: hehehe is that good or bad?
 
16:38 Freya: lol thats wat i was thinking
 
16:38 Chloe:  
 
16:38 Kay: =)
 
16:39 Freya: in what way are we different?
 
16:39 Camilla: yer?
 
16:39 Fiona: en... if in china, the teachers say:" you need to log off now", the students will do it
 
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16:39 Chloe: bye ppl
 
16:39 Kay: hah
 
16:39 Kay: brb!
 
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16:40 Freya: oh
 
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16:40 Freya: but thats because we're learning a lot
 
16:40 Freya: and its helping with our work
 
16:40 Fiona: and parents really really respect teachers
 
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16:40 Fiona: they are worried that too many students are in one class and their child is not being looked after
 
16:40 Freya: parents dont really here
 
16:41 Kay: i'm back
 
16:41 Freya: to be honest i think the teachers are scared of the parents here sometimes
 
16:41 Fiona: so they show as much respect as they can
 
16:41 Fiona: yes. i think it's sad
 
16:41 Freya: i see
 
16:41 Freya: yes its not good really
 
16:41 Fiona: and people work more in china
 
16:42 Freya: if my mum disrespected a teacher, i'd be embarrassed
 
16:42 Fiona: they don't really have the concept of "time off"
 
16:42 Freya: i see
 
16:42 Freya: thats good
 
16:42 Kay: yeah i've heard abotu that
 
16:42 Freya: chinese people are basically more hard working then
 
16:42 Kay: *about
 
16:42 Fiona: my mom is a teacher. the parents ring her at any time in the eve and holidays
 
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16:43 Fiona: yes. very hard working
 
16:43 Daniel: we've the last two or three people joining in a second - I don't think we're going to get rid of Freya though!
 
16:43 Kay: so what hours do people usally work?
 
16:43 Fiona: her school give out all the teachers' phone numbers and addresses to the parents
 
16:44 Fiona: i guess the teachers might be beaten up if we do this in the uk...